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By the state of Maryland. A declaration. : Whereas the General Assembly of Maryland hath heretofore resolved ... that the United States in Congress assembled should have full power to ascertain and fix the western limits of those states, that claim to the
Protesting those portions of the Articles of Confederation which allowed only certain states to accrue benefits from the sale and settlement of western lands. "Read and assented to" by the House of Delegates and Senate- December 15- 1778. Imprint supplied by Bristol. New-York Historical copy signed in manuscript: "Wm. Paca- Wm. Carmichael- John Henry Junr." References: Bristol B4718; Shipton & Mooney 43488; Wheeler- J.T. Maryland- 39.
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